The England coach is fascinated by the way football teams use analytics but can raw data really give him the whole picture?
Eddie Jones did not get where he is today by idly sitting around gazing at his navel. Perhaps the most telling line in his autobiography is the one where he outlines the basic trait every good coach needs to possess. ‘Curiosity is the heart of invention,’ he writes. ‘Whether you are talking to Pep Guardiola, Alex Ferguson or the person sitting next to you on the plane, you can always learn something.’
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